Flagstaff sits snugly behind Moon Island at Swansea Heads — a 5 to 8 metre dive of sandy flats, boulder gardens and weedy nooks teeming with life, and one of the best places on the coast to encounter grey nurse sharks in winter.
7-day weather forecast for Newcastle, NSW sourced from Open-Meteo. Shows daily high/low temperatures, weather conditions and rain probability — useful for planning your drive to Flag Staff.
7-day swell forecast for Flag Staff, calculated using Pelagic's Hadal Conditions Intelligence™. Wave heights are site-specific — adjusted for Flag Staff's exposure, orientation and depth profile. Colour bands show diveable conditions at this site: green is ideal, orange is marginal, red is undiveable.
5-day tide chart for Flag Staff showing high and low tides with ideal dive windows highlighted in green. Tidal movement directly affects visibility and current strength at Flag Staff — plan your entry to coincide with the green windows for the best conditions.
Tide data is site-specific and accounts for Flag Staff's tidal sensitivity. Check the green windows above for the optimal entry time.